Thursday, November 6, 2008

Music Lessons

The apartment can be very niceBut it can also be quite not.Like in a prison... walls close inThe neighbors bang up from the floorAs I mix this album.Thin walls so I'm courteous enoughTo use extra lightTarget loads.At close rangeIt makes no difference...

Or settle back down into this oppression,Of neighbors who think I am too loudAnd cool neighbors I thoughtWho didn't bother to say goodbyeWhen they moved out.

Pay the rentPay electricPay the overdraftAndPay the bounced checkFor real this time...Parking ticketsAuto RepairGet another job...

One that will make me tired,And that no one will understand,And that I will want to leave...

Now the phone doesn't work rightBecause it slipped out of my handAnd landed funny on the table.The screen flickers on and offBut I can still make callsThough my background imageIs a terrible, once beautiful messOf pixilated distortionWhere snowy mountainsAnd golden sunsetsHad stood.

I am not in the proper frame of mindTo call you about the press conferenceOr the new demonstrationsOr chairing the meetingBecause everyone I meetSeems to end in something badOr at leastThose are the only ones I can remember.

Memorable, inspiring collective actionAlone in my headWith no one else to bring it upIs pushed outBy more pressing matters.All of them bad.

All of them that seem to beIn cahoots with one another.So that even the smallest positive changeWould seem a waste of timeWhen the odds against itAnd the cardsAre stacked so highAnd held so firmBy some snickeringSon of a bitch.

Apartment walls and doors and blindsSeem to keep out all the peopleI'd like to see...And it keeps themFrom seeing me...But not so strongTo keep my soundsInside.While those peopleI despiseAre the only ones who bang on them

Trying to get in?Enemies of musicians...

Today I'll wash the dishesIn the bathroom sinkAnd do without the broken ovenBecause I thinkGetting things fixedJust ain't in the starsNo more.

Recorded from June-August 2005 at Buried Electric studios, v2.0.
Mastered by John Coursey at Unititled Studios,
Washington DC, in October 2005.
Released October 2005.

Irsch Tomb Ich

Recorded from September-October 2006 at Buried Electric 2.0. Except for track 12 (recorded jan 2006), and tracks 10 and 11 (recorded in july 2006).
Mastered by Xavier Swafford in November 2006 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Released Novemeber 2006.

Scars and Stripes

All tracks written and recorded from January-August 2007 at Buried Electric 2.0.
Mastered by Xavier Swafford from September-November 2007 in Bethesda, Maryland.Released December 2nd, 2007.

Cybernetic Overload

All songs are remixes of songs previous written and released by Bajskorv. These remixes were made at different times and by different artists from September 2007 to January 2009.
A few physical copies of this CD, with a shorter tracklist to allow for size, were produced in Jan '09 by Buried Electric.
Mastered by Xavier Swafford from January 2008- January 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland. Released January, 2009.